Obama raised 47% of his fourth-quarter contributions in small contributions

[MH1]

I don't have the energy tonight to deal with GD-P but if someone else does, this is quite a good story for Obama, on many levels.

http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=177

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton raised about half of her primary money from donors who gave in amounts of $2300 or more. Since these donors have given the legal maximum, the candidate could not go back to them again in January to help her primary campaign. Barack Obama raised only about one-third of his funds from these "maxed out" donors. For both candidates, these percentages held steady between the third and fourth quarters. This clearly suggests that Obama had more room than Clinton to seek additional support from his donors under the law's contribution limits.

On the other end of the donating spectrum, Obama raised a remarkable 47% of his individual contributions in the fourth quarter from donors who gave unitemized contributions of $200 or less. This is a substantial increase from the 28% figure he showed for the first three quarters of 2007. By way of contrast, Clinton raised only 15% of her individual contributions in the fourth quarter money from donors who gave unitemized contributions of $200 or less. While both candidates depended heavily on "bundlers" to collect large contributions in 2007 (see "Fundraising Central" report here), Obama's success with small donors has opened a new path to help fuel his campaign.

hat tip to dkos: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/1/173227/9625/600/447907